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813NATION: Australian Premier Moves Swiftly Against ISIS, but Analysts Question Benefits
SYDNEY, Australia — Like many Australians, Prime Minister Tony Abbott, 56, is crazy about sports. He is a passionate cyclist, an Ironman...
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BP Walkway: 12 years in the making. D-Day UPDATE
It’s 12 years since a Battery Point walkway plan was launched … and generated has been a 2 metres high stack of...
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Life in a ‘degrowth’ economy, and why you might actually enjoy it
What does genuine economic progress look like? The orthodox answer is that a bigger economy is always better, but this idea is...
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The Probe
*Pic: Resources Minister Paul Harriss in Sarawak while an MLC. Image, Sarawak Report, here Background to the Ta Ann Quota buy back....
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An artist’s sermon on that word …
Gustave Courbet’s ‘Origin of the World’ (All about Gustave, Wikipedia, here The artist’s chief role is to shift people to a deeper...
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Lazlo and the Toxic Dump near Carlton River
Watch on YouTube here: MEANWHILE … • Global Day of Action 2014: Reclaim Community Power for Zero Waste Solutions GAIA would like...
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‘Old Chook’ Retirement solution
The therapy sessions grew in intensity and numbers as the percentage of my aged patients swelled. In my professional years as a...
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My Tasmanian political hero: Andrew Inglis Clark
Ask me for a Tasmanian political hero, and I’d say Andrew Inglis Clark (above). Clark may not be a household name. But...
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Mother Mountain: The Symphony of Birdsong (32)
The “Respect the Mountain” forum ( here, here, and here ) at the Hobart Town Hall earlier this year prompted Don Knowler...
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Does Fairness Matter … ?
*Pic: It’s pre-Budget … and Treasurer Joe Hockey and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann enjoy a quiet cigar … Perhaps the most striking...
